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"Pilgrim's Progress" Comes to the Big Screen: "Incredible Epic Brought to Life"

Inspire Buzz : Jul 21, 2017
The Gospel Herald

"With this film, we're trying to break new ground in the faith-based genre. It's dirt-under-the-fingernails, action-packed, grittier, more stylistic, and more cinematic than what audiences have seen previously." — Director Matt Bilen

(Los Angeles, CA) — [The Gospel Herald] Heavenquest: A Pilgrim's Progress, a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking new faith-based fantasy adventure film, has officially started production in Los Angeles and Redding, California. The film, inspired by John Bunyan's iconic 1678 novel The Pilgrim's Progress, which is second only to the Bible itself in global Christianity, brings together a powerful cast of well-known U.S. faith-based actors, and international film and television stars, including South Korean legend Cha In Pyo. As the best-selling fictional author of all time, John Bunyan and his masterpiece The Pilgrim's Progress is known in virtually every corner of the globe. (Photo Credit: Patrick Thompson in 'Heavenquest: A Pilgrim's Progress' Robert Ryu)

"With this film, we're trying to break new ground in the faith-based genre. It's dirt-under-the-fingernails, action-packed, grittier, more stylistic, and more cinematic than what audiences have seen previously. Our cast is diverse, representing faith around the globe. We think this unique combination is the 'next step' faithful moviegoers have been looking for, said Director Matt Bilen. "We've wanted to make Heavenquest for so many years, I can't tell you what a thrill it is to be on set making this incredible epic brought to life."

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